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FNUS21 KWNS 200744
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0244 AM CDT WED MAY 20 2009
VALID 201200Z - 211200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR SRN AND ERN MN...NRN IA...NWRN
LOWER MI...WRN AND NRN WI...WRN MI U.P....
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR NE NM...TX/OK PANHANDLES...SE
CO...WRN KS...S CNTRL NEB...
...SYNOPSIS...
A LOW AMPLITUDE UPPER TROUGH WILL SHIFT EWD ACROSS MT INTO THE NRN
PLAINS OVERNIGHT. AT THE SURFACE...AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE
FROM SD INTO NRN MN BY AFTERNOON...WITH A COLD FRONT TRAILING SW
INTO NWRN NEB. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...A PLUME OF VERY WARM AND DRY
AIR WILL EXIST FROM THE HIGH PLAINS INTO THE WRN GREAT LAKES. VERY
STRONG WINDS AND LOW RH WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS FOR
MUCH OF THE UPPER MS VALLEY REGION. TO THE S...STRONG WINDS AND LOW
RH WILL PERSIST OVER THE CNTRL AND SRN HIGH PLAINS WITH A SECONDARY
LOW OVER ERN CO.
ELSEWHERE...A SURFACE AND UPPER HIGH WILL COEXIST ACROSS THE MID
ATLANTIC...WITH MILD AND DRY WEATHER ACROSS MUCH OF THE ERN STATES.
THE EXCEPTION WILL BE OVER FL AND SRN GA...WHERE RAINY AND WINDY
WEATHER WILL PREVAIL DUE TO A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE ERN GULF
OF MEXICO.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - SRN AND ERN MN...NRN IA...NWRN LOWER
MI...WRN AND NRN WI...WRN MI U.P....
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: VERY STRONG WINDS...LOW RH AND WARM TEMPERATURES
IT WILL BE VERY WINDY AND DRY TODAY AHEAD OF A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH.
SUSTAINED SW WINDS WILL BE NEAR 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH
EXCEPT 20-30 MPH OVER LOWER MI. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL LARGELY BE IN
THE 80S F...WITH MIN RH DIPPING INTO THE 20 PERCENT RANGE. THE
COMBINATION OF VERY STRONG WINDS AND LOW RH SUGGEST RAPID FIRE
SPREAD WILL BE LIKELY WITH ANY FIRES.
FUELS ARE RELATIVELY DRY OVER CNTRL AND WRN MN...AND INTO NW
WI...AND THAT IS WHERE THE MOST SEVERE FIRE THREAT WILL EXIST. AREAS
SUCH AS FAR SRN MN...SRN WI...AND POINTS S HAVE SEEN MUCH MORE
PRECIPITATION AND FUELS ARE LIKELY NOT AS DRY. ALTHOUGH THE
PROBABILITY OF FIRE STARTS WILL BE LESSENED WHERE FUELS ARE LESS
DRY...EXTREME WIND GUSTS...WARM TEMPERATURES AND LOW RH CAN STILL
RESULT IN RAPID FIRE SPREAD SHOULD FIRES OCCUR.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - STRONG WINDS AND LOW RH...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: NE NM...TX/OK PANHANDLES...SE CO...WRN KS...S
CNTRL NEB
WARM WINDY AND DRY WEATHER WILL PREVAIL OVER THE SRN AND CNTRL
PLAINS WITH HIGH PRESSURE TO THE E AND A LOW OVER ERN CO THIS
AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED SLY WINDS OF 20-30 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. RH WILL DIP INTO THE TEENS AND LOWER 20S AS TEMPERATURES RISE
WELL INTO THE 80S F.
...ERN IA...SRN WI...IL...SRN MI...NRN IN...
IT WILL BE WARM WINDY AND DRY ACROSS THE REGION AS A LOW PRESSURE
TROUGH APPROACHES. WITH HIGHS INTO THE LOWER 80S F...RH WILL DIP
INTO THE 20 PERCENT RANGE BY AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED SWLY WINDS OF
20-30 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER IA AND SRN WI...WITH SPEEDS OF 15-25
ELSEWHERE. THESE AREAS HAVE SEEN SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION OVER THE
PAST FEW WEEKS...WHICH WILL HAVE A MITIGATING EFFECT ON THE FIRE
THREAT.
..JEWELL.. 05/20/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0244 AM CDT WED MAY 20 2009
VALID 211200Z - 221200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER RIDGE WILL SLOWLY SHIFT E OFF THE E COAST...WITH HIGH
PRESSURE ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC. THIS WILL RESULT IN CONTINUED WARM
AND DRY WEATHER FOR THE ERN STATES...EXCEPT FOR THE GULF COAST
REGION WHERE NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS WILL PERSIST DUE TO AN UPPER LOW
OVER THE CNTRL GULF. GUSTY SW WINDS WILL STRETCH FROM MI INTO NEW
ENGLAND AS A LOW PASSES TO THE N. THE COMBINATION OF WARM
TEMPERATURES...LOW RH AND GUSTY WINDS MAY RESULT IN MARGINALLY
CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS FOR MI AND WRN NY WHERE FUELS ARE DRIEST.
ELSEWHERE...ZONAL FLOW WILL HUG THE U.S./CANADIAN BORDER WITH A WEAK
UPPER RIDGE ACROSS THE SWRN STATES. AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
COMMON OVER UT/CO/AZ AND NM...WITH SOME DRY.
...LOWER MI INTO NEW ENGLAND...
SW WINDS OF 15-25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL OCCUR UNDER A
FLATTENING UPPER RIDGE. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL AVERAGE IN THE 80S
WITH MIN RH IN THE 25-35 PERCENT RANGE. THIS MAY RESULT IN
MARGINALLY CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS WHERE FUELS REMAIN DRIEST...SUCH
AS NRN OH AND WRN NY WHICH HAVE RECEIVED RELATIVELY LITTLE RECENT
RAIN.
..JEWELL.. 05/20/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...